Elizabeth Futas

The late Elizabeth Futas, PhD, was a professor and director of the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston. Over the past 27 years, she had acquired a wide range of teaching and library experience, having served as reference librarian, cataloguer, and bibliographer at a variety of academic and public libraries, in addition to holding professor and lecturer positions at several universities. Dr. Futas also provided consulting services for...See more

The late Elizabeth Futas, PhD, was a professor and director of the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston. Over the past 27 years, she had acquired a wide range of teaching and library experience, having served as reference librarian, cataloguer, and bibliographer at a variety of academic and public libraries, in addition to holding professor and lecturer positions at several universities. Dr. Futas also provided consulting services for collection evaluation and policy formation. A former editor of the ALA SRRT Newsletter, she was the author or editor of numerous publications, including the first and second editions of Collection Development Prices and Procedures formerly titled Library Acquisitions Policies and Procedures, also published by Oryx Press. See less